What should Tony Abbott do on Red Faces?

acotrel says:

01:20am | 21/07/10

After the election they’ll need another TV show for him to be on - RED BACKSIDES!

Ben81 says:

01:57pm | 21/07/10

Actually he can’t Peter because free speech isn’t an option for him on that issue.  The Unions are watching, ready to spend tens of millions of dollars the minute Tony utters a word they think would make a good soundbite to scare people.  Sad isn’t it, even if you don’t agree with him.

Peter says:

02:12pm | 21/07/10

Agree Ben81, just like with the miners ready to pounce with their millions of dollars a minute so they can keep to themselves what belongs to all of us… With Tony Abbotts support mind you…

I could not understand the unreasonable negative reaction from the average punter on this tax. Its was great for the country and now it seems rich overseas investors will keep $12 billion that would have come into our coffers… Now that’s a lot of hospitals…

Ben81 says:

03:08pm | 21/07/10

“so they can keep to themselves what belongs to all of us”
It does?  Why aren’t you in support of policy or political party that stands to abolish mining companies or put them all under state ownership then?  Labor certainly doesn’t agree with you there, that’s for sure.
What nerve of the mining companies, daring to stand up to a blatant tax grab entirely unique to their industry justified by that argument!

Peasant #3167 says:

03:56pm | 21/07/10

It’s getting a real bore hearing the media and bloggers keep harping about Work Choices and Budgie Smugglers. Isn’t there any real debate?
Ohh and if you can recall Mrs Rudd had all her staff on AWA’s.

Peter says:

08:17pm | 21/07/10

@ Ben1. I consider miners as agents selling our property. I want the best price for it. I don’t want to get into an ideological argument about state ownership, but it’s a strange form of capatilism you believe in that you’d want to give away something you own to overseas investors for peanuts…

acotrel says:

01:06am | 21/07/10

The name of the show is ‘red faces’. How about another interview of Abbott by Father Kerry O’Brien?

Maurie says:

04:42pm | 20/07/10

It’s a joke dopey!

Roja says:

04:58pm | 20/07/10

Sadly it isn’t, he will be on the show hoping to recreate a bit of the Rudd factor from Rove in 2007, or the Rudd / Hockey / Gillard / Abbbott factor from the today show, or any number of political appearances on the 7 pm project and so on and so forth.

Beagle says:

04:46pm | 20/07/10

why should he stop now?

Christian Real says:

05:01pm | 20/07/10

Mr Tony (Don’t believe everything I say) Abbott can’t belittle himself anymore than he has already done, he simply has no integrity left

Billy B says:

01:34pm | 21/07/10

Ian - Why are people so unkind?

yg of sydney says:

10:49am | 22/07/10

Mr Abbott is applying for a top job to represent and manage all issues that affect Australia. He has to be very careful what he should say or comment. Anything from the prime minister’s mouth is serious. Therefore, there is no such kindness for both Mr Abbott or Ms Gillard.

acotrel says:

01:10am | 21/07/10

He might state his vision for the future of Australia and tell us about his new ‘Loveworker legislation’?

AS says:

05:04pm | 20/07/10

comment of the day right there, arnie

Christian Real says:

05:35pm | 20/07/10

Arnold Layne
That’s a good idea, they can do an Abbott and Costello act together

Chris L says:

06:44pm | 20/07/10

I hate people who feel the need to explain the joke that we were just laughing at.

BTW David, I don’t think the black-face routine was such a faux pas. We don’t have a history of using makeup to denigrate people of different races (we have other methods but not black face). The yanks should realise that their history is not everyone’s history. Same goes for the cricket/KFC commercial.

Peter says:

02:37pm | 21/07/10

Agree Chris L but the moment I saw black walk in and Harry Connick Jnr on the panel, i knew there would be trouble..

As for the KFC add, i understand the roots of that objection from the USA but don’t we all eat chicken? How on earth did eating chicken become to be associated with racism? Can a journo investigate that one for us?

John says:

03:43pm | 21/07/10

Actually we do have a history of black -face comedy in Australia, although not as strongly as in the US.  Look up old ads for the clothing brand Pelaco for example which use the caricature of an Aboriginal man in black-face. 

Now the KFC issue, that was just ridiculous.

Ryan says:

05:25pm | 20/07/10

@Christian Real: oh well at least if he has a script you KNOW its the truth, Joooolya on the other hand we know cannot be trusted with or without a script, even her close workmate Rudd couldn’t trust her, the public certainly cannot trust her.

Brad Coward says:

06:27pm | 20/07/10

Actually Christian, they could get Julia “Sparkles” Gillard on as a judge.  She’d “move forward” so quickly that the Red Faces segment would be over before it started !

Moving forward, moving forward !  You won’t see the mess that I left behind if you just keep moving forward !

acotrel says:

01:18am | 21/07/10

I just love Tony when he tells the truth! - (You can tell I don’t like him very much!)

phil says:

10:12am | 21/07/10

You can tell when tony’s telling the truth, his lips aren’t moving

James1 says:

04:18pm | 21/07/10

Do we know that, Ryan?  I certainly don’t.  As much as you might like his party, please keep in mind that he is a politician, and as a result the only time he lies is when his mouth is moving.

Only an idiot would trust a politician of any party.

Brad Coward says:

06:31pm | 20/07/10

Jacob, I never thought that the day would come that someone other than Ms Hilton herself, would publicly express indignation for the said media tart.

Mock indignation, I’m sure !

Krista says:

03:05pm | 21/07/10

Brad Coward   Jacob is not the only one offended, many women are and its typical of The Liberals to show lack of respect for women. Cowardly too, to pick on someone from another country. Poor old fatso Joe has gone downhill since Abbott became the leader

Ben81 says:

02:36pm | 21/07/10

“the clutzy “dead, buried, cremated” line”...
Was a response to being asked the exact same question about 5000 times and giving answers that were being ignored for political campaigning reasons.

“Then Joe Hockey has a line about celibacy that makes him sound like the Moral Majority from the Mid West - just what is it with the Conservative’s fear of sex?”
What line about celibacy, making a joke about someone who got famous because of a sex tape?  Interesting conclusion Stu, I guess you’ll hear whatever you want to hear.

Louisa says:

06:31pm | 20/07/10

Nicole,  No camera has a lens of sufficient size to cope with her nose…...l getting longer each day.

Nicole says:

09:12pm | 20/07/10

Louisa, I know, and it’s getting bigger by the day.

RJB says:

09:54pm | 20/07/10

Not Pinocchio, Woody Woodpecker

Evan Findlay says:

09:28pm | 20/07/10

DC,
He would need an extraordinary amount of help.

A Bob says:

01:27pm | 21/07/10

He’ll get plenty of help, his entire cabinet would be pushing from the inside.

Roja says:

08:08pm | 20/07/10

...or wearing fish net stockings!

acotrel says:

01:15am | 21/07/10

Surely you cannot be on about that fictitious ABC ‘bias’ again?  Tony has Rupert Murdoch rooting f or him, and a minute ago the mining companies pledged really big support!

DC says:

08:39pm | 20/07/10

Really?  He’s been doing quite well at making stupid promises - and then breaking them.

Christian Real says:

02:21pm | 21/07/10

DD Ball
The only face that would be red is Tony Abbott"s, who would be a bit lost,seeing he hasn’t any real policies to begin with, and then nobody could be sure whether those policies were scripted of unscripted,and as for the gospel truth, Tony Abbott would be lost to find it, I doubt if he even knew what the gospel truth even was.

DC says:

08:55pm | 20/07/10

I find it funny that you’re picking on Rudd when your own Julie Bishop made an appearance on Good News Week a year or so back. 

Did you catch that episode?

Here’s part of it (1 minute 12 secs in):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l58Mja25nU

But then again, here’s there best ever video of Julie Bishop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBgqHJSyovk

James1 says:

04:48pm | 21/07/10

Thanks for the second one, DC.  That sure shut them up.

Nicole says:

07:30pm | 21/07/10

@DC & James1….Oh yes, they were as funny as a migraine. I’m going to buy a pair of crutches and give you two one each. Because I swear, if you lean any further to the left, you’ll both fall over.

James1 says:

12:19pm | 22/07/10

You misunderstand me, Nicole.  I thought it was good the way the booers in the crowd went silent.  More power to her, I say.

Roxanna says:

06:51am | 21/07/10

Resign

acotrel says:

07:51am | 21/07/10

Yes, and that’s why we should all worry!  If a mug like Jeff Kennett can get up, so can Abbott with his warped ideology.

Seano says:

08:26am | 21/07/10

It’s hard to underestimate Tony, he’s not left us much room.

Darren says:

10:15am | 21/07/10

I would only support the Greens if they made drug use mandatory!

Seano says:

11:16am | 21/07/10

Of course Bob is making it up so perhaps he is on drugs.

Seano says:

11:03am | 21/07/10

May as well, that’s about as close to being PM as he’s likely to get.

James1 says:

04:24pm | 21/07/10

That made coffee come out of my nose, it was so funny.  I thought I was detached from the real world here in my ivory tower, but you put me to shame Peasant.

I mean, for a start hardly anyone watches HHIS, and I doubt very highly that it appeals to gay swing voters.  Secondly, I would hope that most people - even those that watch HHIS - choose parties on the basis of policy, not how friendly Kylie Minogue (of all people - really!) is with the leader of a party. Thirdly, if your analysis is correct, we might as well give up on democracy now.